Henry Campbell

Henry Campbell  MC KCVO PC
Bishop of London
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of London
Elected	1956
Reign ended	1961
Predecessor	William Wand
Successor	Robert Stopford
Other posts	Bishop of Guildford 1949–1956 Bishop of Kensington 1942–1949 Bishop of Willesden 1940–1942
Orders
Ordination	1910
Consecration	c. 1949
Personal details
Born	11 October 1887(1887-10-11)
Died	26 December 1970(1970-12-26) (aged 83)
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Brasenose College, Oxford

Henry Colville Montgomery Campbell MC KCVO PC (11 October 1887 – 26 December 1970) was a Church of England clergyman and Bishop of London from 1956–1961.

Early life and career

He was educated at Malvern College and Brasenose College, Oxford.^{[citation needed]} After a period of study at Wells Theological College^{[citation needed]} he was ordained in 1910, his first post being a curacy at Alverstoke. After distinguished wartime service in which he received the Military Cross for bravery at Gallipolli, he held Vicar incumbencies at Poplar, London, Hackney and Hornsey where he was additionally Rural Dean),

Episcopal career

Campbell was raised to the episcopate as suffragan Bishop of Willesden in 1940, and translated to Kengsinton in 1942. He became a diocesan bishop when he was translated to Guildford in 1949, and was finally translated to London in 1956, through which he became a Privy Councillor. A modest man, he said of his Bishoprics,

"Sometimes you need a man like me – one who is no figure in public life and no scholar – but simply and solely a Father in God who goes round the parishes visiting the chaps: the only thing I am any good at"

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He died on Boxing Day 1970 after contracting bronchial pneumonia after fracturing his thigh during a power cut.

Notes

Church of England titles
Preceded by Guy Smith	Bishop of Willesden 1940–1942	Succeeded by Edward Jones
Preceded by Bertram Simpson	Bishop of Kensington 1942–1949	Succeeded by Cyril Easthaugh
Preceded by John Macmillan	Bishop of Guildford 1949–1956	Succeeded by Ivor Watkins
Preceded by William Wand	Bishop of London 1956–1961	Succeeded by Robert Stopford